A case of early onset normotensive scleroderma renal crisis in a patient with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 870-872

  Bashandy, Hany G ^a   Javillo, Jason S ^a   Gambert, Steven R ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Normotensive renal crisis; Scleroderma renal crisis; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFUSE SCLERODERMA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; SCLERODERMA; SCLERODERMA RENAL CRISIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN;

EID: 33747172809     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000229871.68911.67     Document Type: Article

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